| Pompey cut his stick at Pharsalia, and so did Antony at Actium. |
| Actium marks the end of a long competition between two antagonistic visions. |
| Its name, Latinized into Actium, became famous as that of the naval battle. |
| But in the midst was wrought a great battle of ships at the cape of Actium. |
| Shortly after the war between Herod and the Nabateans, Julius Caesar's adopted son Octavian soundly defeated Cleopatra at the battle of Actium. |
| He went to Nicopolis, across Actium in Epirus, where he conducted his own school. |
